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Table 2 Lipid profile comparison

From: Carotid atherosclerosis in the first five years since rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis: a cross sectional study

Characteristic

RA patients

(n = 60)

Controls

(n = 60)

p-value

Total cholesterol, median (IQR)

176.0 (161.0-196.0)

180.5 (161.2-205.2)

0.534

HDL-c, median (IQR)

46.3 (41.3–62.5)

50.0 (42.3–57.5)

0.695

LDL-c, median (IQR)

99.8 (81.1-111.4)

101.9 (82.8-126.8)

0.317

VLDL-c, median (IQR)

26.0 (20.2–32.3)

23.8 (17.1–33.0)

0.409

Triglycerides, median (IQR)

130.0 (101.2-161.5)

118.3 (82.0-163.5)

0.280

  1. RA, rheumatoid arthritis; HDL-c, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-c, low density lipoprotein-cholesterol; VLDL-c, very low density lipoprotein-cholesterol